> Although I like to support projects like this, when it comes down to it I
> would much rather buy a professionally developed game that was just never
> released (like the stuff Good Deal Games or Older Games sells for Sega CD
> and CD-i).
For instance, I wish that somebody...anybody...would obtain the rights (if
they are obtainable) to PC Cocoron, a finished, yet unreleased, game for PC
Engine. This game is horribly difficult to get a copy of, as folks aren't
letting it go very easily (try to the point of constipation...I know someone
who located a copy, but was unable to work an adequate deal...the owner
didn't want cash for a burn of it). Would there be an audience for it? Who
knows, unless, like me, you've played the Famicom game and know what you're
getting, albeit in a more attractive package. Given that NEC was releasing
games in Japan rather late (or past actually) the system's life cycle, I'm
surprised they didn't pick it up themselves. Sur de Wave was also developing
a seemingly similar title for Mega CD...Pop'n Land...which was also killed
about the same time (they must've gone under, though I honestly never
checked). It's a shame both just became footnotes in gaming
history...especially in the case of Cocoron, as it was an ancipated Super CD
action game by some, including me.
Grant